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Wave of home listings buoyed market in July

B0015078797--870950A wave of new listings hit Kitsap’s real estate market in July, helping to replenish — if only slightly — the county’s scant supply of homes for sale.

Other Western Washington markets enjoyed a similar influx of listings, Northwest Multiple Listing Service reported.

“We might actually be starting to move very slowly back toward a more balanced market,” OB Jacobi, president of Windermere Real Estate, said in a news release.

In Kitsap, 654 homes came on the market in Kitsap in July, raising the total number of available listings to 944.

Inventory was still down 10 percent from July 2015, but that marked a major improvement from January, when there were 30 percent fewer homes on the market compared with the previous year.

Pending sales remained strong in July, up 7 percent from 2015, while closed sales dipped. The county’s median home price was $290,000, up about 5 percent.

Here’s a map showing real estate data for Kitsap County submarkets. Hover your mouse over each area to see local stats:

Real estate update: More homes came on the market in April

ferncliff01_23090926_ver1.0_640_480Kitsap’s depleted inventory of homes for sale received a much needed injection of new listings in April.

A total of 568 new listings were added last month, 71 more than were added in April 2015, according to Northwest Multiple Listing Service. The influx raised the total number of active listings from 566 in March to 655 in April.

0411_KitsapIndicator_MonthsSupply_KSThough surely welcome, the added listings did little to ease the tight market.

The inventory of available homes remained 22 percent lower than in April 2015, and 56 percent lower than in April 2012.

Sales were steady last month, with 584 transactions pending, up 5 percent from the previous year. The county’s median home price hovered at $270,000, up 7 percent year-over-year.

The months supply of homes (the number of months it would take to sell off all the homes for sale if no new listings were added) eased slightly to 1.83 months.

A market is generally considered balanced when it has a supply of four to six months. Kitsap’s market still strongly favors sellers.

Here’s a graphical look at Kitsap real estate trends:

And here’s a map showing April real estate stats by submarket. Wave your clicker each MLS area for details. Drop me a note if there are other stats you’d like to see included: